> > > > dmb says: > > > And I really do think it would be nearly impossible to talk about love as > such without producing a very objectionable Hallmark greeting card > aesthetic.
John: Aw what the hell dave. I mean, really. SO??? Sometimes you get this Hallmark greeting card aesthetic and you just sorta go with it, ya know? I mean really, what's so bad about love? Or peace and understanding? (sing it Ian, the boy ain't learned the words yet) Furthurmore, such "cliches" as you deem them, tap into a deep well of understanding with millions of people and current thinking. A connection wouldn't hurt in this endeavor of trying to find acceptance and ... peace. And love. And understanding. geez. dmb: The word is just too loaded up with Valentines Day and Churchianity and it's > otherwise become a tired old cllche. Pirsig is very consistent in saying, > with various analogies and images, that the old channels have filled with > silt, the old paths over the spiritual mountain no longer take us where > we're going, the old signposts leading to DQ have been choked and strangled > with vines. He wants to cut new channels, new paths up the mountain and > paint new signposts. Some words frustrate that purpose because they are so > loaded, love and god being among the most loaded. > > In some sense I think it's true that God is love. But you can't say that > without sounding like an idiot sermonizer. It's the Cheeze Wiz of all > english phrases. It's downright Spammy, tacky, the essence of inanity. Its > profundity and sincerity can only be match but gems like, "have a nice day". > Not that anyone has used the phrase around here, I'm just saying that a > person would have to find a brand new way to say such a thing, unless they > want to be immediately dismissed by anyone with more than two brain cells. > > John: Right. You display your intelligence, coolness and so forth by producing something new on the scene, in the academic world. But here in the heartland, we just want to raise our babies and find some hope for our lives and those of our children. So hooking into hallmark platitudes might not be cool in the circles you move in, but here in the real world, it's what we need. And I thought the MoQ WAS a brand new way to say something very old. That shouldn't obviate the very old. Quite the contrary. John with, (believe it or not) more than two brain cells. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
